New-York tribune., 1887-04-24

In 1870 Land League meeting was held at tho
village OF Gurteen in County Sligo. As other meetings
had been already held In various parts OF the
at which banners displayed With the motto The
Land Tor the People," the Government became fright
eued and organized prosecution against Davtt Daiy
and Killcn which broke down and was finally
abandoned with the deiei OF Beacouseld at the polls
In 1850 Some ol the musicians who played in of
the bands that attended the meeting worked in reel
factory whose supply of wood came from the Rocking
ham estate This was too much Tor " the Colonel. !"
lie refused to sell any more wood and thus killed that
little Irish industry which gave employment to | 80
hands. He at that time the Honorable and
gallant Member TOR Sligo" Soon after the general
election came aud he defeated by Thomas Sexton,
an uuknoun man, who dwelt In humble lodgings in
Dnblin who didn't q sod OF land, who was earn
inc about 80 week on d" The Dublin Nation" and
yhnse name could not be found any OF the cards
alton issued tor the drawing and levces at
no Cattle THIS was more than flesh and blood could
hear The Colonel gathered all the tenants around
him one evening at his rent Office in Boyle and cried.
The tenants. ungrateiui curs laughed lie appealed
for n verdict the question as TO his being good
landlori" and the response was unanimous :" No! ~
lie rubbed his eyes and still believed that he saw
clearly lie strained his and found ne,n sensitive
% the slightest sound. lie telt his brawny and
majestic body and agreed that 1t was himself who
still there Where, then, was the mistake, tor mis-
take there surely was His agent. Major Robertson
brnught him the rent books and as he called ont the
name of each tenant each tenant answered to his
name Confused and bewdcred he sat down. and ~
one of the tenants came forward at his request he
askel him IN the bandest tones:
q What do You want, Larry Fogarty 7" We want
our reuts reduced, Larry salu Win an einpnasls on
the We"
aU you call at the Office tomorrow. Fogarty" said
the Colonel and state your case, Major Robertson
will look into IT,
aWhewl" Larry thought that the Colonel had
bcen aseep and he did this {, him State my
case indeed Ny case is all cases. and dou Z
want ANYTHING that the others mustn't have" The
matter of this contained sufficient to make him angry
but the manner of IT wormwood and gall TO tho
great man. lie had never heard nythng like II be-
fire: nor even making the most extravagaDt allow =
oces for the chaos wrought Dy possible revolutions,
aid he ever Spect to hear anything like It, And then
10 think OF how that man, that plain man, that plain
Larry Fogarty his scri, looked around at the SIX or
seven hundred other plain men, his scrfs Why, it
WIS enough to-enough tO-he couldn't exactly say
what He lost the power OF speech. his hands hung
heavily bv his sides and dropped his big blackthc
stick which fell the floor with bang. Even yet
he was UNIV ling to proceed under excitement lie
might be doing something rash-and anything at
that moment wonld be fatal. Courers were dis
Matched in every direction TO take observations Major
Robertson being especially detailed to keep close eye
on tho moon. After the lapse OF halt an hour so
they all returned each Bearing testimony to the good
order which prevailed in the heav above and in the
earth beneath and in the waters under the earth
these wretches who have changed and not - he
mured sadly he again grasped his blackthorn and
dismssng the crowd atalked away toward his castle
and disappeared within its fortresske walls. Then
tho tenants set up q cheer and went home.